Govt offers ‘short-term fix’ for telehealth bulk-billing headache
The RACGP says the administrative headache of written consent forms for bulk-billed telehealth appointments will ease slightly with digital forms that integrate practice software. …
Antony Scholefield
Antony is a medical reporter with a special interest in technology and pharmacy.
GPs hope to break specialist bottleneck with Aussie-first asynchronous advice
A system for GPs to send formal advice requests to other specialists and receive a typed response within three days is expanding after a “really…
‘Simple things are difficult to sell’: Leading UK GP on primary care’s PR failure
Professor Trish Greenhalgh’s general practice parable goes like this. The scene is Britain in the late 1990s. The patient is a first-time mother. Professor…
‘General practice is an opportunity to serve’: Wisdom from an award-winning GP
Dr Christopher Hughes’ first exposure to general practice came in 1977, a placement at Greenpoint Medical Centre as part of his degree at the University…
GP who called Indigenous doctor a ‘fake Aboriginal’ struck off after landmark case
A GP who called Australia’s first Indigenous ophthalmologist “a fake Aboriginal”, comparing him to “a watered-down bottle of Grange”, has been struck off after what AHPRA…
Is the ‘biggest ever’ bulk-billing boost the game changer Mark Butler desires?
Today marks the biggest financial injection into GP bulk-billing in Medicare’s history, according to Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler. Whether this translates…
‘If we don’t do it, someone else will’: RACGP president calls on GPs to support patient enrolment
Pharmacists and nurse practitioners will have more leverage to take on core GP roles if the MyMedicare patient enrolment scheme fails, the RACGP president says. …
RACGP president says she faced AHPRA complaint after 60-day dispensing comments
RACGP president Dr Nicole Higgins has revealed she was subject to an AHPRA complaint over her comments on 60-day dispensing, which felt like “a cut…
Bill Hayden: Prime Minister mourns ‘architect of Medicare’ after death aged 90
Former federal Labor leader and governor-general Bill Hayden is being remembered as a great Australian after his death aged 90. He led Labor in opposition…
Royal Commission demands ban on court-ordered sterilisation of non-consenting patients
Australian courts ordered the sterilisation of 14 adults last year, but for most cases, the clinical details were kept secret. Now, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse,…
